Patents by Inventor Helen Marie SAXER-FELICI

Helen Marie SAXER-FELICI has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9382804
    Abstract: A cooled blade is disclosed for a gas turbine that includes a radially extending aerofoil with a leading edge, a trailing edge, a suction side and a pressure side, and wherein a lip overhang is provided on the suction side of the trailing edge The blade also includes a plurality of radial internal flow channels connected via flow bends to form a multi-pass serpentine for a coolant flow, whereby a trailing edge ejection region is provided for cooling the trailing edge, the trailing edge ejection region comprising a trailing edge passage of the multi-pass serpentine running essentially parallel to the trailing edge and being connected over its entire length with a pressure side bleed. An optimized cooling is achieved by also determining the cooling flow from the trailing edge passage to the pressure side bleed by means of a staggered field of pins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Helen Marie Saxer-Felici, Shailendra Naik, Martin Schnieder
  • Publication number: 20140037460
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cooled blade for a gas turbine that includes a radially extending aerofoil with a leading edge, a trailing edge, a suction side and a pressure side, and wherein a lip overhang is provided on the suction side of the trailing edge The blade also includes a plurality of radial internal flow channels connected via flow bends to form a multi-pass serpentine for a coolant flow, whereby a trailing edge ejection region is provided for cooling said trailing edge, said trailing edge ejection region comprising a trailing edge passage of said multi-pass serpentine running essentially parallel to said trailing edge and being connected over its entire length with a pressure side bleed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: ALSTOM Technology Ltd.
    Inventors: Helen Marie SAXER-FELICI, Shailendra NAIK, Martin SCHNIEDER